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Ex-Philippe Petit pal blasts 'The Walk' - Page Six

He also criticized an Oscar-winning 2008 doc on the feat: “How do you say bulls - - t politely. He’s the hero of this thing. But there are two things. The walk and the planning of the walk. The planning and the making of the walk is me, and the guy walking the walk is him. but Philippe wanted to get all the credit. My part was to plan the whole thing. Blondeau claims he had a falling out with Petit when he was not invited to the premiere of the documentary. “He wants all the credit for himself. I’m after friendship,” he said. But Petit’s rep tells us Petit did invite Blondeau to the doc premiere, and Blondeau didn’t come because his father was ill. The rep said, “This is turning into a travesty and it’s unfortunate. Let’s just say his memory is distorted by the fact that he’s not the star, he never was. It’s unfortunate that he never did anything with his life. She added: “These guys were friends for 40 years, and in Philippe’s heart they are still friends. No one knows what turned Jean 180 degrees into such a spiteful human being, but it’s tough.

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Jean-Louis Blondeau — who was Petit's official photographer and helped him execute his death-defying stunt — blasted the movie to as “a fantasy about Philippe's book . . . they promote it as the true story, and that cannot be.” He also

In this Aug. 7, 1974 file photo, Philippe Petit, a French high wire artist, walks across a tightrope suspended between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York. Philippe Petit stars in "Man on a Wire," directed by James Marsh. (AP Photo/Alan